# State v. Stein

> Supreme Court of Minnesota · January 7, 2010 · 776 N.W.2d 709

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9848282

## Case

- **Full name:** STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Jeffrey Brian Alphonse STEIN, Appellant
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Minnesota
- **Decided:** January 7, 2010
- **Citations:** 776 N.W.2d 709; 2010 Minn. LEXIS 3; 2010 WL 26520
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Meyer
- **Judges:** Magnuson, Anderson, Paul, Meyer, Dietzen
- **Cited by:** 40 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- explaining that “[t]o successfully challenge a conviction based upon circumstantial evidence, a defendant must point to evidence in the record that is consistent with a rational theory other than . . . guilt” as appellate courts will not reverse a jury verdict based on mere “p…
- noting that since at least 1869, Minnesota courts instructed the jury on the law of circumstantial evidence
- reaffirming the standard of review applied in State v. Johnson, 173 Minn. 543, 217 N.W. 683 (1928)

## Opinion text

MEYER, Justice
(concurring).
I join in the concurrence of Justice Paul H. Anderson.

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